Quick- Loc is broke???? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

jnelson300ex · 02-16-2006, 03:31 PM

My brother just had the following installed on his 82 CJ7:
Quick loc rear, 1 piece yukon axles, new ring and pinion f&r, and new bearings and seals.

He said that after he got it back he took it for a test drive and in the corners it would ratchet and then it popped and it doesnt ratchet anymore. He says it feels like its fully locked now. What could be the problem? Thanks for the help guys.

OhioYJ · 02-17-2006, 01:14 AM

I think I'd say welcome to the world of automatic lockers. He does know if your on the gas it will stay engaged, automatic lockers only disengage when there is no load on them.

jnelson300ex · 02-17-2006, 12:19 PM

Yeah im pretty sure he knows this. We are wondering if the guy put it in wrong, it took him almost a month to put all the stuff in. It should still be ratcheting though right, evn without any gas through corners?

OhioYJ · 02-17-2006, 09:49 PM

A month is quite a while. It be pretty hard to mess up a Quick Loc install, theres not much to jam up in it honestly. Your supposed to check tolerances before you do the final install, but even if he had it to tight, it would still disengage, probably with a loud bang. I know I don't always hear my locker ratcheting, somedays its louder than others. You could pop the cover and make sure nothing looks out of place.

savageracing · 02-18-2006, 07:46 AM

It probably did not have oil on all the surfaces yet causing the loud and violent disengagement.

02-16-2006, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
jnelson300ex Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Member # 41730 Posts: 10	Quick- Loc is broke???? My brother just had the following installed on his 82 CJ7: Quick loc rear, 1 piece yukon axles, new ring and pinion f&r, and new bearings and seals. He said that after he got it back he took it for a test drive and in the corners it would ratchet and then it popped and it doesnt ratchet anymore. He says it feels like its fully locked now. What could be the problem? Thanks for the help guys.

02-17-2006, 01:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
OhioYJ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 54940 Posts: 216	I think I'd say welcome to the world of automatic lockers. He does know if your on the gas it will stay engaged, automatic lockers only disengage when there is no load on them. __________________ 95 YJ with a few mods

02-17-2006, 09:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
OhioYJ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 54940 Posts: 216	A month is quite a while. It be pretty hard to mess up a Quick Loc install, theres not much to jam up in it honestly. Your supposed to check tolerances before you do the final install, but even if he had it to tight, it would still disengage, probably with a loud bang. I know I don't always hear my locker ratcheting, somedays its louder than others. You could pop the cover and make sure nothing looks out of place. __________________ 95 YJ with a few mods

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02-17-2006, 12:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
jnelson300ex Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Member # 41730 Posts: 10	Yeah im pretty sure he knows this. We are wondering if the guy put it in wrong, it took him almost a month to put all the stuff in. It should still be ratcheting though right, evn without any gas through corners?

02-18-2006, 07:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
savageracing Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 51634 Posts: 163	It probably did not have oil on all the surfaces yet causing the loud and violent disengagement.